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Geraldine Schwartz, PhD

Dr. Geraldine Schwartz is the Founder and Senior Psychologist at the Vancouver Learning Centre. She is a registered psychologist in BC and a member of the Canadian Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology. She holds a PhD in Psychology and Education, an MA in Educational Psychology, a BA with a major in psychology and a Teacher’s Diploma. She has long-term classroom experience in teaching from primary grades through secondary, post-secondary, and graduate levels.

Dr. Schwartz is a scientist-practitioner and applies her understanding of brain function to diagnose and assess learning problems, disorders, strengths and styles. She designs creative, individualized programs to enable students and clients to achieve the best possible outcome. Hundreds of students have achieved outstanding results in the years since the 1980 inception of the Vancouver Learning Centre.

 

Psychology Services Available

We provide the analysis of neuropsychological and educational assessments for children, youth, and young adults, that leads to individually designed and specifically targetted programs, supported by a full rehabilitation and educational services delivered by specially trained teachers, through the Vancouver Learning Centre, for the following 9 conditions and circumstances::

  1. Learning Disabilities/Academic Delay/Cognitive Delay
    • Neurocognitive training: auditory processing; visual processing; executive function; memory and attention
    • Academic training: reading (decoding, reading comprehension); writing (written expression, spelling); math (operations, problem solving); language; science; social studies; learning and organization skills; test taking
    • Dynamic one-to-one faculty teaching of academic correspondence courses towards earning credentials in high school and post secondary institutions.

      *School support and school collaboration is available as needed

  2. Giftedness/Advanced Achievement/Gifted with Learning Disabilities

  3. Early Childhood (3-6 years) Individually Designed Programs and Educational Services

  4. Developmental (Intellectual) Disabilities /Autism and Asperger’s Spectrum Disorders /Other Medical Conditions *Students must be verbal and higher functioning in their category

  5. Behaviour Disorders/with Learning Difficulties/with Advanced Development (Giftedness)

  6. Academic Underachievement due to:

  7. Home Schooled Students with or without Learning Disabilities
    • Support in achieving academic credentials through active teaching of correspondence courses
    • General academic programs in all subjects, reading, math, written expression, emotional support and behavioural training

  8. Boost Program (Buying Out Of School Temporarily) aged 12 years to young adults
    • A full service intense program for the full school day (8 a.m. – 2 p.m. or 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.) meant to serve as a bridge to the next stage of education. Also available as a part time program in combination with school or home schooling.
    • Support for earning academic credentials to earn a high school leaving certificate or General Education Development (GED) certificate is included

  9. High School Graduates

The Vancouver Learning Centre is unique in its long established understanding of neuroplasticity and in the delivery of programs over three decades to support cognitive development. Research findings in the new discipline of Educational Neuroscience are integrated with minimum delay into the program designs for clients.

All programs are designed, supervised and mentored by Dr. Schwartz who has been delivering these services for three decades.

These target designed programs are delivered by trained and experienced teachers at the Vancouver Learning Centre. To learn more about Dr. Schwartz and her role as Founder and Senior Psychologist at the Vancouver Learning Centre click here.

Ph: (604) 738-2277
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